Sunday night, quarterback Jacob Karam announced via Twitter that Chase Rome would be transferring to Memphis. A day later, the player himself has confirmed as much, telling MemphisRoar.com that he will be moving on from Nebraska to the Tigers. “I’m really excited,” said Rome told the website. “Seein
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Hundreds of people have gathered at rallies in Nashville and Memphis to call for federal civil rights charges against George Zimmerman, the former neighborhood watch leader who was found not guilty of killing unarmed teen Trayvon Martin.
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By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. is rejecting comparisons between his city and Detroit, which has become the largest U.S. city to file for bankruptcy.
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Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has struggled almost from the start of his administration to fulfill a campaign pledge to avoid handling matters relating to Pilot Flying J, the family-owned truck stop chain run by his brother, Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam.
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GRENADA, Miss. -- Bobby "Blue" Bland, a distinguished singer who blended Southern blues and soul in songs such as "Turn on Your Love Light" and "Further On Up the Road," died Sunday. He was 83.Rodd Bland said his father died due to complications from an ongoing illness at his Memphis, Tenn., home
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It’s been 45 years since Martin Luther King Jr. was killed after coming to Memphis, Tenn., to support the sanitation workers’ strike. Two of the men who demonstrated in the streets that day spoke with NBC’s Ann Curry about their fight to make a better community for their families.

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The newest resident of the Memphis Zoo, Binti, explores the hippopotamus enclosure on her second day on exhibit in Memphis, Tenn. Thursday, July 11, 2013. The 15-year-old, 3,300 pound hippo arrived from Disney's Animal Kingdom and joins long-time zoo resident Splish as a companion on display. Both w

San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich talks to Tony Parker during the fourth quarter in Game 4 of their NBA Western Conference final playoff basketball series in Memphis, Tennessee May 27, 2013. REUTERS/Lance Murphey